No proteins that I see, however, the bamboo at the bottom of the list is often used in other products as a strengthener (which reads as "pseudo protein" in my book), so give it a shot! I also saw this and thought "wow!", the ingredients remind me of an old fave...drum roll...GFTN(garnier fructis triple nutrition-old formula!). I have it saved in my curls on the go app, to try out when my GFTN back stock runs out. Yay!